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Sir David Davis to ask DPP to review conduct of police and CPS in Letby case

Conservative former Cabinet minister Sir David claimed Cheshire Police ignored or broke rules ‘time and time again’.

Evening Standard

‘Nobody above law,’ says DPP amid claims against Andrew

Head of Crown Prosecution Service says he is confident police will examine any evidence of potential misconduct

The Guardian - UK

UK’s chief prosecutor warns royals like Andrew are not above the law

Stephen Parkinson said he has ‘total confidence’ that the police will be independent as officers examine claims Andrew shared confidential reports while acting as the UK’s trade envoy

The Independent UK

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Prosecutors and police discuss claims Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor shared UK trade envoy reports with Epstein

Thames Valley Police ‘making progress as quickly as possible’ on the alleged claims

Evening Standard

Police ‘making progress’ in probe into claims Andrew shared reports with Epstein

Thames Valley Police detectives are leading the assessment of allegations relating to misconduct in public office.

Evening Standard

Police hold discussions with CPS over investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Thames Valley police lead assessment of allegations concerning former duke’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - UK

CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls

Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape cases

The Guardian - UK

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Hermer blames collapse of China spy case on law ‘not fit for purpose’

The Attorney General said prosecutors had been working in ‘good faith’ to secure a conviction.

The Independent UK

MPs and peers to grill Attorney General over collapsed spying case

His appearance comes in a round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy as it investigates the collapse of the case.

Evening Standard

Deputy national security adviser ‘surprised’ Chinese spying case was dropped

The case against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry collapsed in September.

Evening Standard

Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

The Independent UK

Missing ‘critical element’ caused UK China spying trial to collapse, say prosecutors

Refusal to describe China as security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

China spy case evidence was not strong enough for trial, says chief prosecutor

Stephen Parkinson, the Director of Public Prosecutions, insisted the failure of the case was not ‘a question of blame’

Evening Standard

Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson and securocrat Matt Collins will be questioned by MPs and peers.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Top lawyers rounding on chief prosecutor over China spy case collapse rebuked

A CPS source says legal experts are entitled to offer an opinion ‘based on published documents and media reports’.

The Conversation

How Britain’s weakened global position may have pulled it into a Chinese spying scandal

The alleged Chinese spying affair currently troubling the UK government after the collapse of a trial is markedly different from previous espionage scandals. That is because it is centred not on the actions of suspected spies, but on the behaviour of the government. How did this come to happen?

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on DPP Stephen Parkinson to explain China spy trial collapse

Two parliamentary inquiries will look into the abandoned trial.

The Guardian - UK

Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse

Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropped

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The Guardian - UK

China spying case: dream job turns into nightmare for DPP Stephen Parkinson

Having long desired to lead the CPS, Parkinson now finds himself at the heart of a political row over the collapsed case

The Guardian - UK

China spy case row shows why most MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up

The facts had changed so MPs simply amended their conspiracy theories to fit the new evidence

The Independent UK

China spy case decision taken ‘purely’ by CPS – minister

The minister also rejected accusations of political interference by Sir Keir Starmer’s Government as ‘completely untrue’.

The Guardian - UK

MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence

Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’

The Guardian - UK

No 10 says Badenoch’s claim PM should have intervened to stop China spy trial collapsing ‘absurd’ – as it happened

Downing Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous government

The Independent UK

Tories put pressure on Starmer following release of China spy case statements

Kemi Badenoch questioned why the final witness statement submitted in the case set out Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to relations with Beijing.

Evening Standard

China spy case row: Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as witness statements are revealed

In the statements, deputy national security adviser Matt Collins called China ‘the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security’

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